14 December 1996 (Vol 313, Issue 7071)

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Editor's Choice

Editor's choice

BMJ 1996;313:7071 (Published 14 December 1996)

News

British Library axes thousands of journals

BMJ 1996;313:1503.1 (Published 14 December 1996)

Medical research wins lottery funding

BMJ 1996;313:1503.2 (Published 14 December 1996)

In Brief

BMJ 1996;313:1504.1 (Published 14 December 1996)

Time taken for approving drugs is similar in US to UK

BMJ 1996;313:1504.2 (Published 14 December 1996)

Prenatal magnesium sulphate cuts risk of cerebral palsy

BMJ 1996;313:1505.1 (Published 14 December 1996)

Stress may disturb the blood-brain barrier

BMJ 1996;313:1505.2 (Published 14 December 1996)

Microbiologist wins libel damages

BMJ 1996;313:1506.1 (Published 14 December 1996)

Skin lesion removal rationed in Florida

BMJ 1996;313:1506.2 (Published 14 December 1996)

At last: a political division on the NHS

BMJ 1996;313:1506.3 (Published 14 December 1996)

Editorials

Sentencing mentally disordered offenders

BMJ 1996;313:1497 (Published 14 December 1996)

Rehabilitation after heart attack

BMJ 1996;313:1498 (Published 14 December 1996)

Rationing health care

BMJ 1996;313:1499 (Published 14 December 1996)

Radiotherapy for malignant glioma

BMJ 1996;313:1500 (Published 14 December 1996)

Talk that works: the rise of cognitive behaviour therapy

BMJ 1996;313:1501 (Published 14 December 1996)

Aging: a global theme issue

BMJ 1996;313:1502.1 (Published 14 December 1996)

Letters

Routine follow up of breast cancer in primary care

BMJ 1996;313:1547.1 (Published 14 December 1996)

Study of open access centre for patients with breast cancer is planned

BMJ 1996;313:1547.2 (Published 14 December 1996)

More use should be make of specialist nurses

BMJ 1996;313:1547.3 (Published 14 December 1996)

Open door and listening ear are best support for patients

BMJ 1996;313:1548.1 (Published 14 December 1996)

Most recurrences after breast conservation are detected by regular hospital visits

BMJ 1996;313:1548.2 (Published 14 December 1996)

Audit Commission's report was based on large samples and up to date data

BMJ 1996;313:1548.3 (Published 14 December 1996)

Child protection

BMJ 1996;313:1548.4 (Published 14 December 1996)

Child's needs should be central

BMJ 1996;313:1549.1 (Published 14 December 1996)

Girl should have been offered a chance of safety

BMJ 1996;313:1549.2 (Published 14 December 1996)

Prodigy, a computer assisted prescribing scheme

BMJ 1996;313:1549.3 (Published 14 December 1996)

Decisions will be taken after receipt of final report next autumn

BMJ 1996;313:1549.4 (Published 14 December 1996)

Spinal cord injuries have fallen in rugby union players in New South Wales

BMJ 1996;313:1550.1 (Published 14 December 1996)

Relation between treatment benefit and underlying risk in meta-analysis

BMJ 1996;313:1550.2 (Published 14 December 1996)

Authors' reply

BMJ 1996;313:1550.3 (Published 14 December 1996)

Letters - continued

Britain was healthier than Germany in 1914

BMJ 1996;313:1551.1 (Published 14 December 1996)

Influences of practice characteristics on prescribing in practices

BMJ 1996;313:1551.2 (Published 14 December 1996)

Authors' reply

BMJ 1996;313:1551.3 (Published 14 December 1996)

Postal surveys in general practice

BMJ 1996;313:1551.4 (Published 14 December 1996)

Surveys demand too much time

BMJ 1996;313:1552.1 (Published 14 December 1996)

Scotland's new chief medical officer welcomes reforms of training

BMJ 1996;313:1552.2 (Published 14 December 1996)

Adverse events associated with mefloquine

BMJ 1996;313:1552.3 (Published 14 December 1996)

Women may be more susceptible to adverse events

BMJ 1996;313:1552.4 (Published 14 December 1996)

Manufacturer should also give incidence of “severe” adverse events

BMJ 1996;313:1553.1 (Published 14 December 1996)

Risk-benefit ratio must be taken into account

BMJ 1996;313:1553.2 (Published 14 December 1996)

Explaining about possible adverse events may reduce problems

BMJ 1996;313:1553.3 (Published 14 December 1996)

Author's reply

BMJ 1996;313:1554.1 (Published 14 December 1996)

Advice to warn patients about rare side effects overturns accepted practice

BMJ 1996;313:1554.2 (Published 14 December 1996)

Patients may start to take cheaper over the counter regimens

BMJ 1996;313:1554.3 (Published 14 December 1996)

Effect of deletion polymorphism of angiotensin converting enzyme gene on progression of diabetic nephropathy

BMJ 1996;313:1554.4 (Published 14 December 1996)

Course on basic surgical skills is being run by all surgical colleges

BMJ 1996;313:1555.1 (Published 14 December 1996)

Conflict of interest

BMJ 1996;313:1555.2 (Published 14 December 1996)

Does the BMJ attempt independent ascertainment?

BMJ 1996;313:1555.3 (Published 14 December 1996)

Summative assessment in general practice

BMJ 1996;313:1556.1 (Published 14 December 1996)

Scheme has to be compulsory for proper evaluation

BMJ 1996;313:1556.2 (Published 14 December 1996)

Procedure is too complex and intrusive

BMJ 1996;313:1556.3 (Published 14 December 1996)

More registrars are being trained in consultation skills now

BMJ 1996;313:1556.4 (Published 14 December 1996)

Content validity of video recorded consultations needs to be proved

BMJ 1996;313:1557.1 (Published 14 December 1996)

Childbirth practice should take women's wishes into account

BMJ 1996;313:1557.2 (Published 14 December 1996)

BMJ's audit should show actions planned to improve quality

BMJ 1996;313:1557.3 (Published 14 December 1996)

Nucleus, not Student BMJ, was first international journal for medical students

BMJ 1996;313:1557.4 (Published 14 December 1996)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 1996;313:1564 (Published 14 December 1996)

Fillers

AN INFLUENTIAL DOCTOR

BMJ 1996;313:1530 (Published 14 December 1996)

Papers

Malignant cerebral glioma—I: Survival, disability, and morbidity after radiotherapy

BMJ 1996;313:1507 (Published 14 December 1996)

Malignant cerebral glioma—II: Perspectives of patients and relatives on the value of radiotherapy

BMJ 1996;313:1512 (Published 14 December 1996)

Papers - continued

Psychological rehabilitation after myocardial infarction: multicentre randomised controlled trial

BMJ 1996;313:1517 (Published 14 December 1996)

Prevalence of mental disorder in remand prisoners: consecutive case study

BMJ 1996;313:1521 (Published 14 December 1996)

Point prevalence of mental disorder in unconvicted male prisoners in England and Wales

BMJ 1996;313:1524 (Published 14 December 1996)

Video assessment of simple respiratory signs

BMJ 1996;313:1527 (Published 14 December 1996)

An endoluminal brush to detect the infected central venous catheter in situ: a pilot study

BMJ 1996;313:1528 (Published 14 December 1996)

Prevalence of psychiatric disorders in young people in the care system

BMJ 1996;313:1529 (Published 14 December 1996)

General practice

Fundholders' prescribing costs: the first five years

BMJ 1996;313:1531 (Published 14 December 1996)

Atrial fibrillation in elderly patients: prevalence and comorbidity in general practice

BMJ 1996;313:1534 (Published 14 December 1996)

Education and debate

Fortnightly Review: Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring: a guide for general practitioners

BMJ 1996;313:1535 (Published 14 December 1996)

Intravenous antimicrobial therapy in the community: underused, inadequately resourced, or irrelevant to health care in Britain?

BMJ 1996;313:1541 (Published 14 December 1996)

Grand Rounds—Hammersmith Hospital: Persistent fever in pulmonary tuberculosis

BMJ 1996;313:1543 (Published 14 December 1996)

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

Physicians' role will change to meet patients' needsBMA wants national standards for community care(pounds sterling)300 000 allocated for research on medical educationBMA backs EU commissioner's antismoking initiativeDoctors can make computers workGovern…

BMJ 1996;313:1558 (Published 14 December 1996)

Soundings

Three wee kings

BMJ 1996;313:1559.1 (Published 14 December 1996)

Obstetrician's distress

BMJ 1996;313:1559.2 (Published 14 December 1996)

Personal Views

The facts must be available

BMJ 1996;313:1560.1 (Published 14 December 1996)

Recovery is possible

BMJ 1996;313:1560.2 (Published 14 December 1996)

MEDICINE AND THE MEDIA

The mind unleashed

BMJ 1996;313:1561 (Published 14 December 1996)

Medicine and books

Clinical Surgery

BMJ 1996;313:1562.1 (Published 14 December 1996)

Mind Readings: Writers' Journeys Through Mental States

BMJ 1996;313:1562.2 (Published 14 December 1996)

Patient: the True Story of a Rare Illness

BMJ 1996;313:1563.1 (Published 14 December 1996)

Vamps Virgins and Victims: How Can Women Fight AIDS?

BMJ 1996;313:1563.2 (Published 14 December 1996)

Career focus

Psychiatry

BMJ 1996;313:S2-7071 (Published 14 December 1996)

Briefing

BMJ 1996;313:S3-7071 (Published 14 December 1996)

Briefing

BMJ 1996;313:S3a-7071 (Published 14 December 1996)

Briefing

BMJ 1996;313:S3b-7071 (Published 14 December 1996)

Corrections

Correction

BMJ 1996;313:1502.2 (Published 14 December 1996)

Correction

BMJ 1996;313:1516 (Published 14 December 1996)